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"Missions and general combat " is the short answer. The long answer?

The basic combat mission is good for earning combatCombat, light weapon Light Weapon and heavy weapon Heavy Weapon experience. However , you do need may want to run the mission for a long time because you need to kill over 50 bots in a row, without dying, to earn the maximum experience bonuses.

The cargo transport and reconnaissance/spy missions are good for earning trade Trade experience as well as combat Combat experience on in the later ones. These are on a mission tree so completing different missions will open up different opportunities for future missions.

The prospecting missions are good for earning mining Mining experience. These are also on a mission tree, which if . If you complete awards the tree, you with are awarded a special badge.

Missions are not the only source of skill points. Pilots can also earn Light weapon Weapon or Heavy weapon Weapon experience by killing bots outside of a mission. You can also get Combat experience for killing players with equal or higher level than yourself. You can also gain trading Trading experience by selling a trade good to a station that does not produce that item. Mining various types of ores rewards you with different amounts of mining Mining experience.